Impressively
adv.capable, resilienteveryday
What it means
In a way that earns unusual admiration for skill, scale, or quality.
Reach for it when praising how strongly a performance stands out
The repaired turbine ran impressively after years without replacement parts.
Choose between these
5- everyday
departure from what was expected deserves notice
not when Remarkably can mark an odd fact without expressing admiration.
- warm
the quality is excellent and enthusiastic praise fits
not when Superbly judges excellence, while impressively describes the audience effect.
- professional
commandingly
authority or control dominates the performance
not when Commandingly can sound forceful when grace or ingenuity impressed instead.
- formal
admirably
character or conduct deserves moral approval
not when Admirably is less natural for sheer size, speed, or visual effect.
- literary
strikingly
a visible contrast or feature catches attention
not when Strikingly may be neutral or negative and does not guarantee merit.
Said against
3- poorly
- unremarkably
- weakly
It naturally appears in
3- impressively broad
The survey was impressively broad without losing local detail.
- impressively handled
A difficult transition was impressively handled by the new conductor.
- impressively resilient
The young trees proved impressively resilient during the dry summer.
The word family
1Where this comes from
- Merriam-Webster, adverb sense 1: in an impressive manner opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-26
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